I’d just like to state the obvious, as if anyone cares about my take, that I think two successive release events (rather than one) are awesome. It’s almost as if it is calculated to help us keep the share price up after the inevitable “sell the news” after the iPhone release. I know that is in no way the intent, but it will likely prevent or mitigate the effect.

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I’d just like to state the obvious, as if anyone cares about my take, that I think two successive release events (rather than one) are awesome. It’s almost as if it is calculated to help us keep the share price up after the inevitable “sell the news” after the iPhone release. I know that is in no way the intent, but it will likely prevent or mitigate the effect.

No question. Tim gave us an early Christmas gift with the second event.

If Apple really wants to go thermonuclear, they’d price a bare-bones version at $249 or less. Optional upgrades for memory and LTE would bring ASP and margins up to “normal” levels. But I think the headline price needs to be lower than $299.